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JOHN VANDEROAR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,` AssIeNOR-TO T. s.

SPERRY, Or SAME Pinion4 Y Letters Patent Nol-66,190, dated June 25,1867; anteddtcal June 20, 1867 IMPROVEMENT 1N4 FEED-BAGS.

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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

i Be it known that I, JOHN'VANDERCAR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful' Improvements in Feed-Bags; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof. l

Myinvention consists in a combination of 'a double bag and spring, with a rigid bottom perforated near the base to allow for a circulation of air. l

I will rst describe what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention, and will afterwards` designate thepoints which I believe to be new. The accompanyingv drawing forms a. part of this specification, and represents a longitudinal section Ythrough the entire bag. l

Referringto the drawing, A is a base-piece, of wood; B, a cylindrical envelope, Of stout wire cloth, firmly secured to the wood by the nails It is well to have a strap of leather or metal around the wire cloth B, andV to introduce the nails b through this strap, as indicated byC. D is the exterior bag. It is firmly secured by sewing or otherwise to the upper edge of the woven` wire B. It extends upward, as represented, and,`folding Over,i descends again within itself, forming an interior bag or partial bag, E. `The lower end of this interior bag E is yprovided. with an elastic string,e, of vulcanized -India rubber, or other elastic material. A coiled brass spring may be used, if preferred, the function of which is to contract the lower edge of the interior bag, and cause it to fit around the muzzle of the, horse. G Gr are stoutcords, attached to the upper edges of both the exterior and interior bags, and adapted to attach the whole to the animal in any approved manner.

Many efforts have been before made to guard against Vthe loss of the oats or other feed by causing the bag to fit around the muzzle of the animal. My invention avoids the objections justly urged against these.` The shaking ofthe head ofthe animal in throwing up the feed throws it into the annular space between the outer and inner bags, whence it returns with certainty and is alwaysV accessible.. Theelastic ring e is at` such a distance below the junction of theinner bag E with the outer bag D, that no part is strained in adapting the bag to all the motions of the jaw, Or tofced horses of very d'iierent sizes and formations. Y

The wire for the wire cloth B is by preference galvanizedor tinne'd iron wire, and may be made very durable. The part B will allow free circulation for the air-,and should extend suiiieiently high to allow reasonable opennessabove the top of the feed, whcnt-hc bag hasreceived the largest amount'of feed which it is desirable to supply at one time. K

Having now' fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows: i u

I claim the internal bag E, `extending.downward and inward from the top of the structure, and provided with the spring e, arranged to operate relatively to the internal bag E, andto the perforated exterior casing B,V substantially as and for the purpose herein set'forth. Y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the'prescnce of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN VANDEROAR.

Witnesses:

JAS. A. FLEURY, W. C. DAY. 

